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Saturday, July 19, 2008

Dating diaries: Can you help me understand boobs?

Boobs are an enigma to me.

Am I attracted to girls with big boobs or small boobs?

I think the majority of guys work the way my friend Bryan works:

We were walking down Broadway together enjoying pleasant conversation. After finishing a long story, I turned to Bryan to look at him but he was gone. I had walked several feet after losing him. I turned around to see him half a block behind me, staring at a storefront display, entranced. He beckoned me:

Rich! Rich! You have to come see this! Look how big the boobs are on this mannequin!

To make matters worse, it happened to be a headless mannequin not even a face to give it any personality.

Mannequins

All Boobs and No Substance?

So a lot of guys are happy with a pair of nice floating boobs attached to nothing. Perhaps they are so taken by boobs that when they look at a girl, the rest of her disappear.

I'm finally coming around. Big boobs don't strike fear in me the way they once did. I just used to think of it simply: if they are bigger, there's more to satisfy, so it might be more difficult to make her happy.

If that's the case then bra sizes are like the levels from the minors to the majors in baseball:

Size A = A Farm Team

Size B = AA Farm Team

Size C = AAA Farm Team

Size D = Major League Team

Do the boobs get more difficult to satisfy, just like the pitching gets tougher to hit as you move up through the minors and into the majors? Big boobs make it even more overwhelming: I am trying to satisfy this girl, and she has big boobs.

I figured if I educated myself on boobs, maybe they wouldn't be so intimidating. I learned that that first number you know, the 34 or whatever is actually not just the measurement of the actual boobs (I used to think that number maybe referred to the volume of the boobs or something like that cone volume formula we learned in math: cone volume =1/3 x pi x radius 2 x height).

Cone

Bra Size Equals...?

I learned that there is an E that is the same as DD and an F that is the same as DDD kind of like E Flat (honestly, no pun intended) is the same as D sharp, for all you music lovers out there. I learned that bra sizes go all the way up to L! I finally learned how to calculate bra size :

Measure frame (the area under the boobs all the way around I didn't even know this was involved)

Measure around chest bust (now this I knew was involved)

Cup Size = Bust Size Frame Size

At least it's simpler than that cone volume formula.

So, where does this leave us? Basically, I'm still confused. Add into the equation these new bras that are out there that never were around when I was younger. These pushup, or wonderbras are just not fair. They make every girl's boobs look amazing. So what happens if I'm lucky enough to bring a girl home, and brave enough to take her bra off? They suddenly don't look like they once did! Wonderbras are no different than the fine print on cell phone contracts:

If you try to end this contract early, we ll charge you $250!

It's a tough world out there. But us guys will always be intrigued by boobs because we just don't get them. In that sense, they are a miracle.

They are especially effective on us when we see just the cleavage and top of them. It drives us crazy. That amazing line that cleavage creates that disappears in shadow into a shirt makes every guy's head spin. Effectively advertised boobs show just enough to get a guy's attention and get his head spinning. I've always been put off when they seem to be hanging out too much: wardrobe malfunction.

So keep us guessing with boobs. It will keep us wanting more, and wanting to figure it all out.

And, in all honesty, boob size is not a priority for me. I just look for a great girl and if she happens to have big boobs, it's an added bonus.

What are your thoughts?

Do you feel pressure to have perfect boobs? Have you ever used your boobs to get attention? Do you ever get stuck with guys who care too much about your boobs and not enough about the rest of you? Do you find that most guys are just clueless about boobs like me?


Posted by Rich

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  • Rae's Avatar
    Posted by Rae Mon May 12, 2008 9:21am PDT

    I'm busty - used to be a D but after starting a hard-core work-out regimen I'm down to a C cup. However, I like good underwear and I wear push-up bras sometimes. Guys always look at my chest first - or look at my chest within seconds of seeing me. I don't know if they are confused by boobs like the writer of this post or if they are just fascinated because they don't have them, too. It's odd because sometimes I feel a little flattered to get checked out, but other times I think that guys are pigs and never get beyond a 13-year-old's appreciation for the feminine form.

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  • hap4587@verizon.net's Avatar
    Posted by hap4587@verizon.net Mon May 12, 2008 10:34am PDT

    I'm jealous of all those girls with big boobs! I hate my bust size and am getting implants. it is so UNFAIR that this seems to be the only way to attract men. But i'm dealing with it (by getting them done going up to a DD or F)

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  • she with the little feet!!!!'s Avatar
    Posted by she with the little feet!!!! Mon May 12, 2008 11:06am PDT

    I'm the opposite - naturally well endowed (have DD cups whilst having abs a la Pink once upon a time in my life, still have the same DD's though I have a bit of laundry on the washboard stomach now). IT SUCKS.

    Back pain? Moola spent for tailoring? Stretch marks? Lovely craters on my shoulders from bra straps digging in? Inability to find a bra that DOESN'T look as though it were designed by a team of space physicists? All of the above. Never mind being an athlete and attempting to find a decent sports bra (the squish kind is worthless) and having to adjust stance/swing in any given sport to avoid them.

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  • Emily Jane K's Avatar
    Posted by Emily Jane K Mon May 12, 2008 11:36am PDT

    I too have natural DD's. My issue is that so many bras are made for women who are a C and under, which doesn't really seem fair. If you've got something that a guy would actually want to look at (let's face it: men want a DD, not a AA) why is it so hard to find nice packaging for them? Girls with little ones shouldn't try.

    I use mine for attention all the time: I just wish it were easier to shop for clothes that flatter a natural abundance like mine.

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  • s4r4hm4t's Avatar
    Posted by s4r4hm4t Mon May 12, 2008 12:02pm PDT

    question for you, Rich... is shape or size more important? Is responsiveness a factor? And What about nipples? You didn't even venture into size and color... I think a hands on lesson is the best thing for you!

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  • eskimo7pie's Avatar
    Posted by eskimo7pie Mon May 12, 2008 12:23pm PDT

    Mine are a size 34 C perky the whole works

    boobs are boobs

    all guys like different things believe me I used to be a stripper and I am a hot young 19yr old and the older women got more money because I was really shy and my personality was sort of boring

    for you small girls,it doesn't matter if they are small, big boobs are just more noticeable when there sticking out there

    pros and cons

    small boobs- not as noticable, but they take longer to sage and get strech marks

    big boobs- really noticable, but they are heavy, they stretch out and sage alot faster

    The truth is they are for milk and they are going to sage and there's nothing you can do so grow a personality instead of worring about your boobs

    because in the end no guy wants to be with a person who is really concerned about there looks

    think about when you hear someone putting themselves down and you have to be like awww that's not true and try to lift up there spirits

    I don't know about you but I always want to say can it and join the club we aren't perfect and you should really get used to it

    looks fade your personality doesn't

    and boob implants show lack confidence plus they look like balloons that are ready to burst and not to metion the price

    oh and do you really want to attrach a guy who wants you for your boobs

    come on ladies if a guys wants a perfect girl he can go to the nearest Walmart and purchase a Barbie

    The Eskimo

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  • Fly Bohemian's Avatar
    Posted by Fly Bohemian Mon May 12, 2008 12:26pm PDT

    rich, you are dumb. very, very dumb.

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  • Essence's Avatar
    Posted by Essence Mon May 12, 2008 12:28pm PDT

    Im not the biggest thing in the world but I have never had an issue with my chest size...i guess it's b/c i was never teased about my chest...and maybe b/c my mother thought me how to love myself. but take it from someone who has brest(although there not ddd's) busty chick's want smaller ones...smaller chicks want bigger ones..and guys just want enough to put in there mouths-there is no science to it...if you realy love your spouse then her chest size wont matter

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  • eskimo7pie's Avatar
    Posted by eskimo7pie Mon May 12, 2008 12:31pm PDT

    Emily Jane K

    guys want all sizes, and that was really wrong to say

    so lets face it

    your brains must have gone into those boobs

    The Eskimo

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  • Jon M's Avatar
    Posted by Jon M Mon May 12, 2008 12:55pm PDT

    If all your doing is trying to impress men with your breasts, then you are going to end up meeting self centered men. Those type of guys are only going to be interested in 1 thing, hello??? What about looking for someone you can have an outstanding friendship with? Your mate should want to be with "YOU".

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